The Zakat Relief Fund

Analysis

The Zakat Relief Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Zakat Relief Fund reported income of £72k and spending of £72k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £109k to £72k (-34%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Zakat Relief Fund sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kindred Minds (£72k), Pudsey Wellbeing Charity (£72k) and Branksome Chine Surf Life Saving Club (£72k).